American Security Challenge Features Six Finalists; Tom Ridge To Accept Patriot Award
WASHINGTON , June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Security Challenge Event
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WHAT: The American Security Challenge, sponsored by the National Security Initiative
WHO: Emerging Technology Firms, Venture Capital Firms, The Honorable Tom Ridge; The Honorable Jay Cohen, Under Secretary for Science & Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Roger London , Chair, American Security Challenge; six finalists: JADA Consulting, Meaningful Machines, Phoenix Technologies, Spearhead Innovations, Telecontinuity, and Vumii. Gold sponsors include: TD Ameritrade, The Boeing Company, Nobska Ventures, and Northrop Grumman.
WHEN: June 5, 2008 ; 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm
WHERE: Horizon Room, Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington , D.C.
To register visit: http://americansecuritychallenge.com/Media_Sponsors.html or call Kristina Tanasichuk (703) 201-7198.
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ABOUT THE NATIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE (NSI)
The National Security Initiative is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting America's long-term national security interests by uniting the power of the market to the power of American ingenuity. Through the NSI's American Security Challenge, the group recognizes an annual business plan that brings innovators and investors from around the country together to collaborate and support the best security technology devoted to our country's national security. Learn more about NSI at www.nationalsecurityinitiative.com and about American Security Challenge at www.americansecuritychallenge.com.
ABOUT NOBSKA VENTURES
Nobska Ventures supports exceptional entrepreneurs and management teams in Israel and the United States with early stage venture capital, experienced strategic and operational counsel, and global market access and relationships. Nobska Ventures brings an active, hands-on investment team experienced in business strategy, technology development and commercialization, sales and marketing, and other skill sets so critical to the earliest stages of a young company's growth. For Israeli companies, Nobska provides a US launch pad and hands-on support in team-building and global market entry. Nobska's investment focus areas include advanced Information and Communications technologies for Enterprise Management and Security, Defense Intelligence and Electronics, Homeland Security and Healthcare. Learn more at www.nobskaventures.com.
Contact: Roger London , NSI
(410)340-5335 [email protected]SOURCE The National Security Initiative
